Mangaluru: If you had been to the coastal districts two decades ago during the Yakshagana season, you would have seen some troupes performing the prasanga (episode) in tents. This trend of Yakshagana performance had come down and more of bayalatas started showing up. With the addition of two more melas (touring troupes) for tent performance for […]

Mangaluru : Come Wednesday and Friday, it will be the last days for Yakshagana buffs in the coastal belt to watch regular all-night Yakshagana shows as a majority of professional melas (troupes) will wound up their season’s tirugata (tour). More than 35 professional melas begin their seasonal tour in November-December and end the tirugata on […]

Mangaluru : Fans of a Yakshagana artiste have come together to celebrate the silver jubilee of his professional ‘tirugata’ (tour) by organising a day-long programme in the heart of the city on December 20. The artiste, Chandrashekara Dharmasthala, who has completed 25 years of ‘tirugata’, now served with Manjunatheswara Yakshagana Mandali, Dharmasthala. Though he dons […]